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HowTo: Opt out of BeenVerified results
July 15th, 2011
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BeenVerified is one of the many information gathering websites that offer “Background Checks” to it’s customers. Essentially, BeenVerified aggregates information from public records & publicly available sources. To get started on the site, you enter in a First and Last Name, as well as a State and hit “Search”. You can also leave the “All [...]
Asta La Vista, Dropbox!
July 2nd, 2011
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Hey boys & girls who use Dropbox, Don’t know if you perused through your inboxes this morning, but you should have received an email from Dropbox letting you know that they changed their Terms of Service (TOS). The email should have looked a little something like this: [...]
Episode 29- Sony Hack, MacDefender, Dropbox Privacy and ForensicArtifacts.com
June 3rd, 2011
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In this episode, I talk about the Sony hacks, MacDefender, Dropbox privacy issues, ForensicArtifacts.com and upcoming events in the month of June. Show Notes: Sony/PBS Hacks links: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/sony-hacked-yet-again-plaintext-passwords-posted.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/hacktivists-scorch-pbs-in-retaliation-for-wikileaks-documentary.ars http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/229700188 Mac Defender, Apple Security Update and Avast A/V Free for Mac: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/19/macdefender-malware-protection-and-removal-guide/ http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/31/mac-security-update-2011-003-now-available-for-download/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/02/apple-responds-quickly-to-evolving-mac-defender-threat-with-updated-malware-definitions/ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4657 http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/01/avast-free-antivirus-for-mac-beta-now-available/ Using TrueCrypt with Dropbox: http://lifehacker.com/5794486/how-to-add-a-second-layer-of-encryption-to-dropbox [...]
Episode 25- Life After Law Enforcement with Eric Huber
February 11th, 2011
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In this episode, I talk with Eric Huber about what awaits Digital Forensics & InfoSec practitioners getting ready to retire from Law Enforcement. Also, Lee Whitfield has announced that nominations are open for the 2011 Forensic4Cast awards. Please nominate this show in the category of “Best Digital Forensic Podcast”. It would be much appreciated!!! Eric’s [...]
Free 16GB iPad with SANS vLive! Courses
January 11th, 2011
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Didn’t get what you were wishing for last month? Now through February 2, receive a FREE 16GB iPad(TM) with Wi-Fi with the purchase of any of the following online courses! FOR408: Computer Forensic Essentials vLive! course starts March 1 and meets Tue/Thu evenings http://www.sans.org/info/66203 MGT414: SANS(R) +S(TM) Training Program for the CISSP(R) Certification Exam vLive! [...]
Meetup group in the NYC area- NYC4SEC
September 8th, 2010
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Do you live in the NYC area? Are you in the field of Information Security, Incident Response or Digital Foreniscs? Are you just a technophile who is interested in personal computing security or news on the latest tech? Then read on….. The NYC4SEC Meetup group is composed of people from all fields: academic, software developers, [...]
Episode 18- ForensicArtifacts.com, McAfee, Adobe Patches, Facebook Places
August 20th, 2010
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Welcome to an episode of potpourri proportions. I cover the following topics: Forensic Artifacts Website: http://forensicartifacts.com Forensic Artifacts Twitter Feed: Follow @4n6artifacts McAfee’s List of Most Dangerous Celebrities to Search For: http://home.mcafee.com/AdviceCenter/most-dangerous-celebrities?ctst=1 Intel purchases McAfee for $7.7 Billion Dollars: Forbes article Gizmodo article The Register article Adobe Issues Out-of-Band Patches: Secunia- http://secunia.com/advisories/40766 Infosecurity (USA)- http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/11898/adobe-issues-emergency-patches-for-reader-and-acrobat/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter [...]
Only you can help protect your privacy, only you!!!
April 30th, 2010
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Today, I came across a post by Larry E. Daniel on his Ex-Forensis blog regarding people talking on their cellphones & privacy. Quoting Larry’s post: I was sitting in my seat yesterday, waiting for the boarding process to complete. A gentleman two rows ahead of me was on his cell phone. Apparently someone had broken [...]
